SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
THE PURPOSE OF THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
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The purpose of the Scottish Government is to focus on creating a more successful country with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish through increased wellbeing , and sustainable and inclusive economic growth .
The National Performance Framework sets an overall purpose and vision for Scotland . It highlights the broad national outcomes that support the purpose and provides measures on how well Scotland is progressing towards them .
Scottish Government ’ s Open Government Action Plan .. We are also improving our data and reporting capabilities through the delivery of a management information ( MI ) platform to provide enhanced business intelligence on procurement activity across Scotland .”
That ’ s not all , though : the Shared Service also provides procurement best-practice guidance for buyers and suppliers through the Procurement Journey and the Supplier Journey , which provide step-by-step support and advice on how to procure through the public regime . Wisener and her team also work closely with the Supplier
Development Programme , which provides free training to Scottish SME suppliers and third sector organisations on how to win public contracts and grow their businesses .
And it ’ s not just the Scottish Government utilising these capabilities , as Wisener explains : “ Our Shared Service is available to the entire public sector - health boards , local authorities , central government bodies , universities , colleges and third sector bodies . So we ’ ve got a huge amount of procurement activity operating across our entire service .”
It ’ s safe to say , this is no typical procurement solution .
“ We have over 200 public bodies using our Shared Service ,” says Wisener . “ And we have thousands of suppliers interacting each day with these public bodies .”
Over the course of last year , the Service published over 11,000 contract opportunities , issued over 2,000 invitations
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